Combined tire and rim carrier and rim tool



July 12 1927. 1,635,907

J. C. RUMMER COMBINED TIRE AND RIM CARRIER AND RIM TOOL Filed oo t. 2a 1926 2 G i 275 #75 naamw Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED Nsra TES PATENT 011121015.

JOHN CQ numana, or FLEMINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF To DAVID STEWART, or Loox HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED TIRE AND RIM CARRIER AND RIM TOOL.

`Application filed October 28, 1926. Serial No. 144,740.

This invention relates to tire carriers such as are mounted upon an automobile for the purpose of carrying spare tires and theirl rims.

The general object of the present inven` tion is to provide a carrier of this character" which is so constructed that the rim may be expanded into place against the tire or be vcaused to contract to permit the tire to be removed from the rim, the device thus acting as a tire tool.

A further Objectis to provide a carrier which, when the tire is mounted thereon, will hold the tire in place from any accidental or felonious detachment.

I A still further object is to provide a congr struction of this character including an ex pansible, split annulus havingy means `for engaging over a tire rim and over the tireV itself and having means whereby the ends of the split annulus may be drawn together or forced apart in order. to. contract or ex pand the split annulus which constitutes the carrier. .l

Still another object is to provide means' for this purpose including an oppositely screw-threaded rod engaging the' twojends of the annulus, a ratchet wheel for` operating said screw, and ahandle `for giving a step by step rotation to the ratchet wheel in opposite directions,'this handle having means whereby it may be locked to the support for Athe annulus to thereby prevent, 'when the handle is locked, the rim and tire from being removed. i

Other objects have to do with the details of construction and arrangement of parts to appear' more fully4 hereinafter.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein :-y n

Figui-e1 is a front elevation of my tire carrier and tire tool;

Fig. 2 is a Vfragmentary section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a section Figure 1;

Fig. l` Figure 1;

Fig. 5 is a section Figure 1;

Fig. 6 Figure V1.

Referring to thesedrawings 10Vdesignates a split annulu's consisting of a steel band having a width equal to the width of the on the line 3-3 of is a section Von the line 4-4of on the line 5-5 of is a section on the line `6-6 of standard rim, this band being about 1/3 thick and about 31/2 Wide. The middle of the band is supported on the bracket 11 which is intended to be attached to the automobile at any desired point. The split in the band is diametrically opposite this support 11. The band at this point is thickened or otherwise formed to provide two heads 12, each of `these heads being vertically slotted on its end faces as at 13, andeach of these heads being hollowed out, as atl/1, to constitute a seat for a nut 15,this' nut having convexly rounded forward and rear faces so that it may tilt within its seat, each nut, of course, being held from rotative movement.` Engaging this nut is a con,- tracting or expanding screwdesignated generally 16, having screw-threads of opposite pitch at its opposite ends and engaging the nuts 15. The middle portion of this screw 16 is squared at 17 and carries upon it a ratchet wheel 18 so thatthe screw will turn with the ratchet Wheel. `A yoke 19 embraces the ratchet wheel and loosel engages the screw 16 and this yoke carries t e handle 20, which is of suoli length that when the handle is turned to a vertical position it will come opposite to the bracket 11 and into engagement with the ratchet wheel.`

These pawls are pivotally mounted upon a pivoted bar or lever 22 so thatV one or the other pawl may be shifted into position. Any construction of this character and operatingin this general way may be substituted for the pawls which I have illustrated.

It will be obvious now that when the handle 2() is oscillated, the screw shaft 16 will be turned lin one direction or the other and that when turned in one direction, the band 10 will be contracted and when turned in the opposite direction, the band will be expanded. 4One of the heads 12 is formed with an outstandinglug 23 through which .passes an adjusting screw 24 having a head no i ; rated. i These hooks 2(5.will clamp therimto the band l()A adjacent the split in the band.

It will be seen from Figure l'thatthisV carrier is designed to be used with a split rim A which is split at a, this split coin-` ciding with the split in the band l0 and'thus,

if the screw 24 be turned to force one end of the rim outward and the screw 16 be turned to drawthe heads l2 towards each other, the' other end of the rim will be forced inward and away from the tirel B and that by thus contracting the rim, it will separate i from the tire and the. tire may be readily removed from the riml and replaced by an other tire. Then a reverseV motion of the the screw 24 is retracted so as to permit the two ends of the rim to be brought snugly against each other and hel'd in this position by the usual clamp or latch.

I do not wish to be limited to any par ticular means for supporting thecarrier bu I have illustra-ted, in addition to the bracket 1l a brace 29 which is riveted or otherwiseli attachedto the band lOfand` a brace 30 whiclr` is slotted at 3l and with which the carrier has sliding engagement. These braces 29 and 30 are adapted to beY attached to the body of an automobile so as to support the carrier. The brace 30, of course, permits the expansion and contraction of the carrier. Preferably, though? I do not wish to bei limited to this, the handle 2O is held in its closed position by alocking member 32 which passes through an aperture in the handle 2O and through the bracket il and has an aperture for the passage of the lock as at 33, thisV brace extending upward' and around the tire and over the rim so as to absolutely lock the tire and rim from any detachment and particularly lock the tire from detachment from the rim. This is also aided by the handle 20 which extends down past the tire and rim. f

In the use of this construction, the handle 20 is manipulated to contract the carrier formed by the band l0 and then the rim and tire is slipped in place over the band; The band l0 is then expanded so as to closely lit the rim and hold it against any contraction and expanded against the tire'. lTheY hooks 26 are then contracted so as to engage around the tire and rim or over the margins of the rim andthe handle20 brought down to the position shown in Figure l and locked. If it is desired to remove the rim and tire, the

carrier is contracted and the hooks 26 released when the rim may be readily slipped oli?V of the carrier, If it Ibe desired to use the carrier as atire tool for the purpose of det-aching the rimfrom" the tire, the rim and tire are placed uJon the band 10 and engaged as before: The" carrier .is then contracted, thescrew 24 being turned outward lVhile I have illustrated certain details of construction and arrangement of parts which I have found to be particularly effecive, I do not wish to be limitedthereto as it is obvious that many changes might be S' screw 16 willi act to expand the rim and thenilmade therein without departing ufrom the glspirit of the invention as definedI in the ap- ,lpended claims. rigitrated the heads l2 as being disposed in the "medial plane ofthe band 10, I do not wish Thus, while Il have illuso be limited to this as under some circumstances the head will be oll'set relative to the `band so as to allow the bolt or screw 116 to clear the valve stem of the tire as in some makes of car it is necessary that the head shall be offset relative to-the rim.

I claim i -l. A tie` carrier of the character described including, an expansible and contractible annular band split at one point, a support for said band diametrically opposite the split therein, heads formed upon the ends of the band and confrontinl each other, nuts mountedI in said heads 'or oscillation, an opposit'ely threaded screw passing through the heads and engaging said nuts, a ratchet wheel mounted upon the screw, a handle oscillatablr mounted upon the screwand having 'a yoke embracing the ratchet wheel, pawls carried upon the handle and coastingA with the ratchet wheel, the pawls being so mounted that one or the other of the pawls may be thrown out or operation, and means on the band on each side of the split therein for engagement with a rim, the handle and the support upon which the rim is mounted having coacting locking means, comprising a locking member insertable through the support and the handle and curved to extend around the tire and rim and over the inside of the band.

2. A tire carrier of the character described comprising a flexible band split at one point and having heads 'at its" ends, means engaging said heads whereby the heads may be forced apart or drawn towards eachA other and including a lever, means on one of said heads for forcing` one end of the tire rim outward from the head, rim clamping means mounted upon the band adjacent the heads, a support upon which the band is mounted, and a locking member secured to the support and curved to extend around the tire and rim and through the lever.

3. A tire carrier of the character described including an expansible and con; tractible band split at one point, the ends of the band having inwardly extending heads, vertically slotted longitudinally and transversely, the tranverse slots extending downward kto the lower face of the corresponding 4head, approximately globular nuts mounted in the transverse slots of said heads for oscillation, an oppositely threaded screw passing through the heads and engaging said nuts, manually operable means for rotating said screw in either direction and tire clamping means mounted on the band in each side of the split therein.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOHN C. HUMMER. 

